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  • Author: Mark Johnson
    December 8, 2012

    One of the shortlisted films for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar, Searching for Sugar Man, was named the best doc of the year by the International Documentary Association (IDA). Meanwhile, last year’s Oscar winner for Best Documentary Short, Saving Face, repeated honors here. The awards took place Friday night and you can see all of the results after the jump.

    Best Feature: “Searching for Sugar Man”

    Best Short: “Saving Face”

    Best Limited Series: “On Death Row”

    Best Continuing Series: “American Masters”

    Best Cinematography: Peter Gerdehag, “Women With Cows”

    Best Editing: Rodney Ascher, “Room 237″

    Best Music: Sixto Rodriguez, Malik Bendjelloul, “Searching  for Sugar Man”

    Best Writing: Keith Patterson, “Ann Richards’ Texas”

    Career Achievement Award: Arnold Shapiro

    Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award:  David France

    Pioneer Award: Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program  and Fund

    David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award: “La  Camioneta”

    ABCNews Videosource Award: “Harvest of Empire”

    Humanitas Documentary Award: “Bitter Seeds”

    Pare Lorentz Award: “The Island President”

    About Mark Johnson


    Lover of all things film and Oscar. Fantasy sports’ equivalent of George Steinbrenner. Your very own Han Solo, making friends all over the movie-loving galaxy in spite of himself. When he’s not ranking just about everything or dominating boardgames, Mark is breaking down the Oscar race 24/7 with Rain Man-like stats and knowledge. In his downtime, you can find him commiserating with other Northeast Ohio sports fans because a hero isn’t complete without a little heartbreak. If Lost, Homeland, Breaking Bad, Mad Men and Survivor are your style, then congratulations, you have something in common with this inglourious basterd.

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